Effective potential of a spinning heavy symmetric top when magnitudes of conserved angular momenta are not equal

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Autor principal: Tanrıverdi, Vedat
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contents There are various types of motion of a heavy symmetric top like regular precession, cusp like motion, rise of the top, etc. One of the tools used to understand that motion is effective potential. The effective potential for a spinning heavy symmetric top is studied when magnitudes of conserved angular momenta are not equal to each other. The dependence of effective potential on conserved angular momenta is analyzed. This study shows that the minimum of effective potential goes to a constant derived from conserved angular momenta when one of the conserved angular momenta is greater than the other one, and it goes to infinity when the other one is greater. It also shows that the usage of strong or weak top separation does not work adequately in all cases.
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spellingShingle Effective potential of a spinning heavy symmetric top when magnitudes of conserved angular momenta are not equal
Tanrıverdi, Vedat
Classical Physics
There are various types of motion of a heavy symmetric top like regular precession, cusp like motion, rise of the top, etc. One of the tools used to understand that motion is effective potential. The effective potential for a spinning heavy symmetric top is studied when magnitudes of conserved angular momenta are not equal to each other. The dependence of effective potential on conserved angular momenta is analyzed. This study shows that the minimum of effective potential goes to a constant derived from conserved angular momenta when one of the conserved angular momenta is greater than the other one, and it goes to infinity when the other one is greater. It also shows that the usage of strong or weak top separation does not work adequately in all cases.
title Effective potential of a spinning heavy symmetric top when magnitudes of conserved angular momenta are not equal
topic Classical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.06168